My Dad's Engine

Harold D. Seibert

| March/April 1992

7945 Devonshire Heights Rd. Hummelstouin, Pennsylvania 17036

This is a Parcell and Weed gas engine, hit and miss type circa
1900, that my dad M. H. 'Dick' Seibert restored and
modified in 1980. At that time, he added a side shaft, built a
water pump and an open air steam radiator for a cooling system, a
fuel pump, a mechanical oiler to oil the piston and cylinder, a
throttling governor, and cam operated valves. He also added an
ignition system constructed from a segment of a lawn mower flywheel
operating off the sideshaft, which makes it a four cycle engine
now.

Dad suffered a stroke in 1981, and has since been unable to do
things of this nature so, together with his guidance, I try to keep
it in repair and running, which puts a smile on his face as he sits
there and watches it run.

You can see it operating at local antique engine shows, mainly
Rough and Tumble at Kinzers, Pennsylvania.

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